Each issue of Graduate Posts will feature a Frequently Asked Question, to be answered by the staff or leadership of UNMC Graduate Studies. In this issue, Pamela K. Carmines, Ph.D., answers:
What is the difference between the Graduate College and Graduate Studies? Aren’t they synonymous?
They are not synonymous, but they are closely related. In essence, UNMC Graduate Studies is a subset of the University of Nebraska Graduate College. Here are the specifics:
- The Graduate College spans all four campuses of the University of Nebraska — UNK, UNL, UNMC and UNO. The dean of the graduate college (Susan M. Fritz, Ph.D.), in conjunction with the executive graduate council (with representatives from each campus), is responsible for the College’s activities.
- Graduate College educational programs are offered at UNK, UNL, UNMC and UNO through separate Graduate Studies divisions, each led by a dean of graduate studies. The dean of graduate studies at UNMC (H. Dele Davies, M.D.), in conjunction with the UNMC Graduate Council, is responsible for Graduate College activities at the medical center.
- Each campus dean of graduate studies reports to both the chancellor of the campus and the dean of the graduate college.